Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-11-25
YELLOWSTONE 3
The Northern Pacific to Manage All
the Hotels Next season.

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The Northern Pacifc to Manage All
the Hotels Next eason
Washington, Nov. 23-Frnm present
appearances both here and IN New York.
the Northern Pacific railroad company
will take charge OF and manage the
hotels next sesson in the Yellowstons
Park. From various sources it is
gathered that the management OF the
Yellowstone Park association under
GibBon Bros. has been satisfactory
neither to he government nor the
Northern Pacific, which is behind the
association, and an early change is
looked for. The history Of hotel in
yestments in the park is a
curious one. and illustrates Why the
government has gotten little out of the
leases. and travellers but indifferent ac-
Communications. The National Park I'M
provement company, at the head of
which Was Uncle Rufus, Hatch, got Its
leases easily from Josyln, who
was Telier's assistant secretary of
the interior, and started in on a
speculative scheme. Its affairs were in
the haEds of @. Fl. Hobart, who was at
one time superintendent of the park,
and later, when the company became
crippled was made receiver. Hobart
had o scheme for selling out the plant
and sbe privileges TO the Union Pacific
road, but afterwards grew cold toward
that corporation and determined TO sell
to the Northern Pacific. BE secured
the services OF Elwood Thorne. we'll
known in Washington, to make the ne
getations and Thorne was appointed
trustee for the Northern Pacific to secure
the property. The sale was made for q
certain sum, OF which Hobart received
$40 600. Thorne received his compen-
sstion from the railroad company and it
lie asserted that he complained because
he did not get ell that was due him.
The Northern Pacific transferred the
property to the newly formed Yellow
stone park association, at the head of
which were the Gibsons and il has
ostensibly been running the hotels and
other privileges in the park eyer since.
This railroad, it is said, has had TO put
up considerable CONS to back the as
ISOLATION. but Es:g.x dissatisfied with the
management. has concluded to take the
matter into its own hands. It ran the
hotel at Mammoth hot springs this last
simmer and it ia said will teke all of the
others. Capt. Moses Harris, superin-
tendent of the park, writes the secretary
OF the interior under date of Nov. z:
Inever for an instant supposed that
any other party, company or association
except the company known as the Yell
iowstons Pork association were conduct
ing business in the park under color oi
MIR. Gtbson's lease, and it appears to
me that there must have been intention.
al concealment on the part OF Gibson OF
his representatives in keeping the true
facts OF the case from me-. Certain ii
was that il I had known the facts I
should have at once interfered to pre-
vent saeh an abuse OF privileges con-
ferred by the lease OF Mr.. Gibson.
Charles Gibson, president of shs
| Yellowstone Park association, explains
how the Northern Pacific came to b.
running the hotel at Hot Springs, snc
the Northern Pacific protests agains
paying any rent for 1886 because the
land has not all been used by the asso,
citation, some OF the hotels being
through bad surveys, on public land
The goysrnment will investigate CHI
whole matter.